CASE STUDY: BAHRIA TOWN KARACHI

GROUP MEMBERS: HUSSAIN MUSHTAQUE

SIRAJ NUSRAT
JAZIB ALI
 BAHRIA TOWN CASE

• INTRODUCTION:
• THIS CASE IS PUBLISHED AT DAWN ON 8 MAY 2018 . ON WHICH THE SUPREME COURT RISTRICTED BAHRIA TOWN FROM SELLING AND ALLOTING
THE LAND AT BAHRIA TOWN KARACHI .
• IN 2013 , THE BAHRIA TWIN STARTED ADVERTISEMENT FOR ITS HOUSING SOCIETY AT UNKNOWN PLACE , BUT AFTER SOME TIME WHEN THE
LOCATION WAS REVEALED , IT WAS THE MOST EXPENSIVE LAND OWNED BY MDA , MALIR DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY .

• AT THAT TIME BAHRIA STARTED CONSTRUCTION THERE , BUT MDA SEEMED TO BE UNAWARE OF THAT .
• ON THE OTHER HAND BAHRIA STARTED PURCHASING SMALL LANDS IN REMOTE AREAS OF MALIR ( 9000 ACRES ) , THAT LAND WAS NOT THAT
MUCH EXPENSIVE .

• THE COURT RISTRICTED BAHRIA TOWN BY DECLARING THAT THE LAND OF BAHRIA TOWN WAS ILLEGALLY ALLOTED BY THE SINDH
GOVERNMENT , AND IT WAS THE GOVERNMENTS PROPERTY .FURTHERMORE A MASSIVE AMOUNT OF LAND WAS ALSO EXCHANGED ILLEGALLY
WITH MDA. ( MALIR DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY ) ( THE BAHRIA’S PERSONAL LAND WAS 9000 ACRES WHICH WAS EXACHNAGED WITH 7000 ACRES
OF THE LAND OF MDA )

• ACCORDING TO SUPREME COURT THE SWAPPING OF LAND WAS ILLEGAL BECAUSE ACCORDING TO COGL ACT , THE LAND WAS NOT EVEN THE
PROPERTY OF MDA . FURTHERMORE MDA WAS RISTRICTED TO EXCHANGE THE GOVERNMENT LAND WITH THE PRIVATE LAND . ( THE LAND THAT
BAHRIA TOWN HAD WAS A PRIVATE LAND )
• BECAUSE OF THE EXCHANGE OF THE LAND , THE TAX PAYERS HAVE TO BEAR A MASSIVE COST

• OFFICIALLY, THE PROPERTY THAT WAS GIVEN TO BAHRIA TOWN HAD 6 BILLION , BUT IT WAS NOT
CORRECT .

• ACCORDING TO SUPREME COURTS CALCULATION THE LAND WAS OF WORTH 334 BILLIONS SO
BECAUSE OF THIS EXCHANGE BAHRIA TOWN EARNED ALMOST 225 BILLION RUPEES OF PROFIT . ALL
THIS MONEY IS FROM TAX PAYERS MONEY .

• SUPREME COURT DIRECTED THE NAB TO FURTHER INVESTIGATE THIS CASE . BUT IN THE END THE
CASE ENDUP BY PAYING 460 BILLION RUPPEES TO THE GOVERNMENT BY MALIK RIAZ BAHRIA TOWN
OWNER.

• FURTHERMORE , THE PEOPLE WHO WERE LIVING NEAR THAT AREA OF BAHRIA ALSO HAD TO SUFFER A
LOT , SOME LOCALS ALSO CLAIMED THAT SOME PART OF THE LAND WAS THEIRS PROPERTY AS THEY
WERE LIVING HERE FOR MANY YEARS ,INCLUDING THE LAND ON WHICH THE THIRD LARGEST
MOSQUE IS BEING BUILDING. MOREOVER THE CONSTRUCTION ALSO CREATES HURDLE FOR THEM . AS
MOST OF THE LOCALS USED TO DO AGRICULTURE IN THAT LAND .

• WHEN THE CASE WENT ON AND SUPREME COURTS RISTRICTED BAHRIA TOWN FOR FURTHER
BUSSINESS , IT CHARGED BAHRIA TOWN A PANALTY OF 465 BILLIONS AND ALLOWED TO EXPAND THE
PROJECT AUTO 16000 ACRES , BUT THE LOCALS REPORTED THAT IT HAS ALREADY EXPNADED UPTO
40000 ACRES AND WILL CONTINUE TO EXPAND AND THEY HAVE TO LOOSE THEIR LANDS .
 PROBLEM OR ETHICAL ISSUES

• THERE WERE SEVERAL ETHICAL ISSUES THAT WERE AND STILL GOING ON IN THE NAME OF BAHRIA TOWN KARACHI .

• ALLOTING LAND FROM MDA ILLEGALLY , WHOSE BURDEN GOT ON TAX PAYERS

• DESTROYING AND THREATENING THE PEOPLE OF THE VILLAGES WHAT WERE SOMETHING 2-4 LACS . TOOK OVER THEIR
LAND ON WHICH THEY WERE LIVING FOR MANY YEARS AND WERE EARNING THERE LIVELIHOOD THROUGH AGRICULTUR

• DISTROYING THE ENVIRONMENT FOR EXPANDING THE PROJECT , AS THERE WERE SO MUCH GREENERY BEFORE THE
CONSTRUCTION .

• SCAMMING 40000 PEOPLE ON THE NAME OF BAHRIA PARADISE .

• STILL PEOPLE WHO PURCHASED THE HOUSE ON INSTALLMENTS ARE NOT GIVEN THEIR HOMES , INFACT THEY ARE BEING
FORCED TO PAY MORE THAN THE PRICE THAT WERE DECIDED .
 SOLUTION TO PROBLEM:

• FIRST OF ALL THERE SHOULDN’T BE ILLEGAL EXCHANGE OF THE LAND BETWEEN MDA , AND THE
LAND THAT WAS PURCHASED BY BAHRIA TOWN , BECAUSE THAT LAND WAS THE PROPERTY OF
GOVERNMENT . AND IT WAS PROHIBITED BY THE LAW THAT THE LAND CAN’T BE EXCHANGED.

• THEY SHOULD HAVE GIVEN SOME LAND OR A BANGALOW IN BAHRIA AS COMPENSATION TO THE
POOR PEOPLE WHO WERE LIVING THERE FOR YEARS AND THEY HAVEN’T GOT ANOTHER HOME OR
LAND .

• WHEN THE SCAMMED OF BAHRIA PARADISE WAS REVEALED , THE AUTHORITY SHOULD HAVE
RETURNED THE INVESTMENTS OF THE PEOPLE AT THE TIME , AND IT WAS INFACT DIRECTED BY THE
COURT , BUT THEY DIDN’T RETURNED MONEY AND OBVIATE THE PEOPLE .
 ACCORDING TO ISLAMIC ETHICS

• ACCORDING TO REVISIONSIM CAPITALISM IS NATURAL AND IS COMPATIBLE

WITH ISLAM , IT MEANS THAT THE LAND THAT WAS ACTUALLY A GOVERNMENTS
PROPERTY SHOULD BE GIVEN TO PRIVATE INDUSTRY , JUST LIKE WHAT HAPPENS
IN THE CASE MDA EXCHANGED IT WITH THE PRIVATE LAND , BUT THERE SHOULD
BE SOME LEGAL PROCEDURES , BUT THE EXCHANGED WAS MADE ILLEGALLY AS
IT WAS PROHIBITED BY THE LAW .